Rhotic Definition
adjective
(of an English accent) Pronouncing the letter r wherever it appears, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/).
Rhotic speech is common in much of the United States, Canada, many parts of the north and west of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
Wiktionary
(of a phoneme) Having the quality of the said letter. This includes the sounds of the IPA symbols /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/, and some would say /r/, or r coloring.
Wiktionary
Origin of Rhotic
-
Back-formation from rhotacism, coined by John C. Wells 1968
From Wiktionary
Rhotic Is Also Mentioned In
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to rhotic using the buttons below.